Ground-to-air missiles at the 2012 Olympic Games? It's not a new sport added to the London line-up, but proof that Britain's government is taking security seriously.
A meeting on Thursday between the British government and Internet communications firms was friendly, not confrontational, according to people from the organizations that took part in the meeting.
CNN's Diana Magnay takes a look at the scrutiny of social media after the UK riots.
British officials aren't answering official Russian requests for more information about a Russian woman detained as a possible spy, Russia's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
A radical Islamic cleric facing a life sentence on charges of aiding an al Qaeda affiliate has been released on bail while his retrial continues, Lebanon's state news agency reported.
A radical Islamist cleric in Lebanon facing a life sentence on charges of aiding an al Qaeda affiliate has been arrested following a shootout in the northern city of Tripoli, the country's state news agency reported Sunday.
A court in Lebanon has sentenced radical Islamist preacher Omar Bakri Mohammed to life in prison for aiding aiding an al Qaeda-affiliated group in Lebanon.
A hit list of British lawmakers who voted for the Iraq war with instructions for meeting them in person was taken down from a website Friday after the British Home Office expressed concern, the office said.
CNN's Atika Shubert asks security experts how hacker-safe are "biometric passports."
Days after a court allowed him entry into Britain, controversial Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders said his arrival Friday marked "a victory for the freedom of speech."
Britain on Monday downgraded its international terror threat level from "severe" to "substantial."
Two Americans banned from entering the United Kingdom because the government feels they have been "stirring up hatred" responded by slamming the country's home secretary, and one of them threatened to sue her.
Radio host Michael Savage is among those Britain has banned from entering the country. CNN's Paula Newton reports.
White supremacists, Islamic clerics, a controversial Kansas pastor and a U.S. talk show host are on a list of 22 people banned from Britain for "stirring up hatred," the British government said Tuesday.
Controversial Dutch filmmaker Geert Wilders condemned as "crazy and cowardly" Britain's refusal to let him enter the country Thursday.
A Dutch lawmaker who made a controversial film about Islam planned to travel to Britain on Thursday despite a ban on his entry.
The British government is buying 10,000 Taser stun guns for police officers across England and Wales, Britain's Home Office said Monday.
British police have discovered a third body at the burnt-out rural mansion of a financially troubled missing businessman in western England.
A system using fingerprint scanning and face recognition systems, designed to speed up passenger transit times and increase security, is beginning a trial at Heathrow airport's Terminal 3.
Britain has urged the European Court of Human Rights to move quickly in considering the case of a radical Muslim preacher due to be extradited to the United States on terrorism-related charges.
A British judge ruled Wednesday that radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza may not appeal an order for his extradition to the United States, where he faces terrorism-related charges, the judge's office said.
Britain's Home Office said Wednesday it is banning the military wing of Hezbollah, the Lebanese political movement, because of its support for "terrorism" in Iraq and the Palestinian territories.
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza moved a step closer Friday to extradition to the U.S., where he faces terrorism-related charges.
Britain has granted asylum to Mehdi Kazemi, a gay Iranian student who faced deportation from the United Kingdom and feared execution in Iran for being homosexual, officials confirmed Tuesday.
Michelle Forbes' son Leon was an aspiring hip-hop musician when he was shot and killed near his home in South London at the age of 21.
Gay Iranian teenager faces deportation to Tehran and likely execution. CNN's Alphonso Van Marsh reports.
The Netherlands has rejected an asylum plea by a gay Iranian teenager trying to escape possible persecution in his homeland.
Britain's Home Office has signed an extradition order that will send accused terrorist Abu Hamza al-Masri to the United States for prosecution, CNN has confirmed.
Yakubu Aiyegbeni's 11.25 million pound ($22.53 million) transfer from Middlesbrough to Everton is on hold because the Nigerian international has been refused a new work permit.
Striker Eduardo Da Silva scored his first goal for Arsenal in a 2-1 win over Lazio in the opening game of the Amsterdam tournament on Thursday.
Two men arrested last week in connection with a plot to kidnap and kill a British Muslim soldier were released without charges early Wednesday, police said.
Britain has lowered its terrorist threat level from "critical" to "severe," three days after police said they had foiled a plot to blow up as many as 10 commercial airliners.
The UK Home Office has raised the terrorism threat level in Britain to its highest state, "critical," which is used when an attack is considered imminent.
British police are facing criticism over the length of time it took them to take action against radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who is starting a seven-year prison sentence for inciting the murder of non-believers.
Radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty on 11 terror-related charges, including soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred.
Authorities in Britain have detained seven foreign nationals who are seen as a threat to national security, the UK Home Office said.
The Brazilian man mistakenly shot and killed by anti-terrorist police in London last week had a false stamp on his passport and had been in Britain for two years with an expired visa, officials say.
Two of the men who tried to bomb London's mass transit system on July 21 were east African immigrants who had lived in Britain legally for more than a decade, the British government revealed Tuesday.
A Palestinian man, detained without trial under Britain's controversial anti-terror laws for three years, has been granted bail, the government has said.
British police Sunday were granted more time to question nine men who were arrested last week on suspicion of terror-related activities.
One of 13 suspects arrested this week in Britain on suspicion of being involved in terrorist activities has been released.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is being urged by opponents to spell out in detail the al Qaeda threat facing Britain.
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